Kailasa

carvings

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Ellora

December 14th 2008
The Ellora Caves, just North of Aurangabad was another small day trip we embarked on. Suppose to exceed the Caves of Ajanta, so should be good, even though both of us under the weather. Cave 16(of 34), is Kailasa Temple. Built by 760 AD, this rock cut temple was seriously carved out of the rock hillside. Some 200,000 tonnes of rock carried out and then intricately formed a temple, with rooms a ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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